PC Setup

[fertavfer]

Hello guys. I'm building a PC for gaming purposes, and since I´m kinda noob on hardwares, I need some help with MOBO and Chip Set.


Currently I have the following items:

Video Card: PNY NVIDIA GeForce XLR8 GTX 465 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express (already bought) RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB (4x2gb) DDR3 1600MHZ PC3-12800 DIMM (already bought)
HD: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB SATA 7200rpm 32MB (already bought)
Power Suply: Corsair Vx550W
Chip Set: ????
MOBO: ????

Can you help me to chose those components, based on the previous config?

Many thanks.
Ferdinand

 

[evident]

how much are you looking to spend? an i3, i5 or an i7 would match up very well with your components, but it comes down to $

 

[fertavfer]

I´m looking to spend $500 on chip and arou $300 on MOBO.
Thx

 

[aigomorla]

500 on cpu?

300 on mobo?

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i7 920 D0, or a i7 930 D0 = 200-300 dollars in the USA.
Then a Giggy X58-UD5 ~ $260 series, or a UD7 ~ $350 series and you should be golden!

Or you can grab an ASUS P6T7 series ~ $375... the workstation boards, and that should last you a long time as well.

Spend less on the cpu, more on the board!

 

[fertavfer]

Since I got dual channel memory sticks (4x2GB), I didn`t want to get a I7 9xx, because I would waste 1x2GB stick. Is that correct?

So, I thought of getting a Phenom II x6 1090T and a GA-890xa-UD3. Is it a good choice?

Thanks for ur help.

 

[MyLeftNut]

No, you can run it dual channel with 4x2gb. Hell, even run it with 1 stick if you want, there's no problem with that.

 

[OCGuy]

You can run it dual-channel just fine.

 

[aigomorla]

Since I got dual channel memory sticks (4x2GB), I didn`t want to get a I7 9xx, because I would waste 1x2GB stick. Is that correct?

So, I thought of getting a Phenom II x6 1090T and a GA-890xa-UD3. Is it a good choice?

Thanks for ur help.

the i7 will mop the floor off that AMD system unless were looking @ pure stock values.

But an oc'd i7 with HT on will stomp the floor off a X6 in 90% of the benchmarks you throw at it.

 

[fertavfer]

the i7 will mop the floor off that AMD system unless were looking @ pure stock values.

But an oc'd i7 with HT on will stomp the floor off a X6 in 90% of the benchmarks you throw at it.

Hello guys.

I'm finishing the PC set-up, and the only thing left is MOBO.

Is there a big difference from GA-X58a-UD3, from UD5 or UD7? Since the price is a lot different, I was thinking of getting a UD5.

Thanks a lot.